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Japan’s First Online Bank Tests Blockchain Technology with mijin and Hyperledger Japan Net Bank Pilots Blockchain Technology to Reduce Costs and Improve Efficiency TOKYO – February 6, 2017 — Today Tech Bureau, a fintech and cryptocurrency solutions company, announced a PoC (Proof of Concept) project with The Japan Net Bank, Limited, the very first online bank in Japan. The main aim of the PoC is to ascertain the practicality of employing blockchain technologies, mijin and Hyperledger, in a paperless system for contract administration. … Read More

mijin ‘2.0 Catapult’ to Integrate NEM protocol for Unparalleled Enterprise Performance Tech Bureau’s mijin Opens Applications for Powerful New Enterprise Blockchain TOKYO — NOVEMBER 6, 2017 — Fintech and cryptocurrency solutions company Tech Bureau today opened applications for mijin’s 2.0 Catapult, a powerful new blockchain integrating the NEM protocol to provide unparalleled performance for the enterprise. Companies are invited to apply for the β customer validation program through mid-November to be the first to use 2.0 Catapult. After participants are selected, the 2.0 Catapult address and access keys will be issued, and the blockchain will be launched when the validation program ends. … Read More

Shinsei Bank and OKWAVE Invest 767,500 USD in Tech Bureau The very first investment from a major Japanese commercial bank in a cryptocurrency/blockchain solutions company TOKYO – November 2, 2017 — Today Tech Bureau, a blockchain and cryptocurrency solutions company, announced that Shinsei Bank, a leading Japanese bank that provides a full range of financial products and services, and OKWAVE, the first and largest Q&A social community in Japan, have invested in Tech Bureau. （３社ロゴを挿入） After Tech Bureau launched the Zaif cryptocurrency exchange in the spring of 2015, the private blockchain product mijin swiftly followed in the fall of 2015. In 2016, Zaica, a token issuance service for corporations, … Read More

Tech Bureau’s mijin® to demonstrate blockchain capabilities as a finalist in the Seino Accelerator 2017 Seino Holdings Co., Ltd.’s Accelerator program is the first in the Japanese transportation industry looking to forward technological progress through blockchain platforms. … Read More

Blockchain Technology to Track Game Meat from Hunting Ground to Restaurant Japan Gibier Promotion Association Selects mijin to solve game meat supply control and management TOKYO – October 3, 2017 — Today Tech Bureau, a fintech and cryptocurrency solutions company, announced a first blockchain use case for a division of the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. Japan Gibier Promotion Association needs a secure supply chain to comply with Japanese distribution standards for wild game meat. Their aim is to build a safe supply chain and distribution channel to ensure quality food for public health. The agency has chosen to use the mijin blockchain (a NEM protocol blockchain) … Read More … Read More